六級加油站：珍惜每一天(Everyday is A Gift)

　　I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special. Event such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first camellia blossom… I wear my good blazer to the market if I feel like it. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28. 49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing. I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties; clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my party going friends.

　　我不再去“珍藏”任何東西;只要有一點好事，我們就不吝嗇使用精美的瓷器和水晶制品，比如說當體重減了一磅時，當廚房水槽堵塞通了時，當第一朵山茶花綻放時……如果我想穿，我就穿上我名牌衣服去市場購物。我的理論是：如果我看上去還富足的話，我可以毫不心疼地為一小袋雜貨付出28.49美元。我不再為特殊的派對而珍藏我上好的香水;五金店售貨員和銀行出納員們的嗅覺，不會比派對上朋友們來得差。

　　"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now. I' m not sure what my sister would've done had she know that she wouldn't be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted.

　　“有朝一日”和“終有一天”這樣的詞正從我的常用詞匯中淡出。如果值得去看、去聽或去做，我當即就要去看、去聽或去做。人們總是理所當然的以為自己必然有明天，不知假如妹妹知道她將沒有明日，她會做些什么。

　　I think she would have called family members and a few close friends. She might have called a few former friends to apologize, and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think she would have gone out for a Chinese dinner, her favorite food. I'm guessing. I'll never know.

　　我想她會給家人和幾位密友打電話。她可能還會給幾位昔日朋友打電話主動道歉，摒棄前嫌。我想她可能會外出吃頓她喜歡的中餐。我只是猜想而已。我永遠也不會知道。

　　It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew that my hours were limited. Angry because I put off seeing good friends whom I was going to get in touch with someday. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write one of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and daughter often enough how much I truly love them.

　　假如我知道我的時間不多了，那些沒來得及做的小事會讓我惱火。惱火是因為我一拖再拖沒能去看看“有朝一日”會去看的好友們。惱火是因為我還沒有寫出我“終有一天”要寫的信。惱火與內疚是因為我沒能更經常地告訴我的丈夫和女兒：我是多么真切地愛他們。

　　I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath truly, is... a gift from God.

　　我正努力不再拖延、保留或珍藏那些能給我們生活帶來歡笑和光彩的東西。每天清晨當我睜開雙眼，我便告訴自己每一天、每一分鐘、每一瞬間都真是……上帝賜予的禮物。